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Nepal flash flood live updates: more than 1,000 people missing after glacial collapse at Tibet border
At least 165 people have died, while officials say hundreds of foreign nationals from India, the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing. Follow the latest news Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border , with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday morning when her group encountered the flood about 4km from Gyirong port. “Trees and electricity poles had already been knocked down, and the flood water was bearing down on us. We didn’t dare turn around, so we could only reverse,” the woman, surnamed Fang, told Xiaoxiang Morning News . I was really scared. My whole body was trembling. Continue reading...
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At least 165 people have died, while officials say hundreds of foreign nationals from India, the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing. Follow the latest news Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border , with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday morning when her group encountered the flood about 4km from Gyirong port. “Trees and electricity poles had already been knocked down, and the flood water was bearing down on us. We didn’t dare turn around, so we could only reverse,” the woman, surnamed Fang, told Xiaoxiang Morning News . I was really scared. My whole body was trembling. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Nepal flash flood live updates: more than 1,000 people missing after glacial collapse at Tibet border, At least 165 people have died, while officials say hundreds of foreign nationals from India, the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing. Follow the latest news Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border , with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday morning when her group encountered the flood about 4km from Gyirong port. “Trees and electricity poles had already been knocked down, and the flood water was bearing down on us. We didn’t dare turn around, so we could only reverse,” the woman, surnamed Fang, told Xiaoxiang Morning News . I was really scared. My whole body was trembling. Continue reading…
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